Greek mythology pictures and stories


Genealogy of the gods pg.73	Helios/Apollo/Hyperion pg.77	Athena Velletri, pg.147	Artemis/Diana/Selene pg.95	Virgo-Demeter-Astrea pg.111


Judgment of Paris, pg.152	Venus/Aphrodite/InannaPg118	Aries, Johfra pg.138	Mercury/Hermes/Thothpg.107	Zeus & Hera, J.Barry pg.153


Saturn by Goya pg.166	Zeus and Thetis, pg.151	Neptune & Amphitrite pg.187	Neptune/Poseidon pg.188	Hades-Pluto, pg. 198


Pluto as Egyptian Phoenix	Return of Persephone, pg.200	Remorse of Orestes pg.201	Titans and Kronos/Chronos	Gaia and the first gods


Oceanus pg. 74	Apollo pg. 78	Thalia by Nattier, pg. 79	Nemesis, Rethel, pg.202	Charon, Michelangelo pg.203

The names of the planets of our solar system come from Roman gods whose attributes were identified with the planet now bearing their name. Roman gods were often derivative of Greek gods with similar attributes. Roman, Greek and Mesopotamian-Babylonian mythology names for the planet-gods are given below. This Greek mythology Pictures and Stories page and much of this 600-page website are excerpted from You and the Universe, a personalized fine art book on astrology, mythology and astronomy through which the recipient's complete astrological reading is woven.

Mesopotamian name	Roman name	Greek name	description
Shamash	Sol	Apollo	god of the Sun, law, the arts, music, healing, medicine, led the 9 Muses
Sin	Diana	Artemis	goddess of the Moon and the hunt; twin sister to Apollo by Zeus and Leto
Enci	Tellus	Gaia	mother Earth and first of all the gods; gave birth to and married Uranus
Nebo/Nabu	Mercury	Hermes	messenger god, god of thought, speech, trickery, thieves, and commerce
Ishtar	Venus	Aphrodite	goddess of love and beauty, wife of Hephaestus; "Aphrodite" means "foam born," from the foam of Uranus' castrated genitals Saturn cast into the sea
Nergal	Mars	Ares	god of war; son of Zeus and Hera, but hated by Zeus; lover of Venus
Marduk	Jupiter	Zeus	king of the gods; god of thunder & lightning, defeated Saturn and Titans
Ninurta	Saturn	Chronos	Jupiter's father; ruler of Titans; ate his children; castrated his father Uranus
Anu	Uranus	Ouranos	Saturn's father; Gaia's husband; god of sky & heavens, castrated by Saturn
Hea	Neptune	Poseidon	Jupiter's brother; god of the sea; created horses; greedy and quarrelsome
Ereshkigal	Pluto*	Hades	brother of Jupiter and Neptune; god of death; lived in Hades, the underworld
	*Dis was actually the Roman counterpart of Hades, god of the dead. Plutus was the Roman god of wealth and counterpart of the Greek Ploutos (Πλοῦτος) for the riches found under the Earth's surface.

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